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Arunthathiyars to build temple in MK’s honour
A temple is to be built in honour of the late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi, a self-proclaimed atheist, by people of a Scheduled Caste sub-sect at a village near here, recognising his contribution in carving out a separate reservation for them in Tamil Nadu.
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The ‘bhoomi puja’ (ground breaking) ceremony for the Rs 30 lakh temple, to be built in association with the local DMK women’s wing functionaries, was held on Sunday at Kuchikadu village, about 37 km from here.
The initiative is a “mark of thanksgiving to Kalaignar (as Karunanidhi was popularly known),” for earmarking three per cent quota in government jobs and education for the Arunthathiyars as part of the reservation for SCs during the DMK regime a decade ago.
In 2009, the DMK government enacted the “Tamil Nadu Arunthathiyars (Special reservation of seats in educational institutions including private educational institutions and of appointments or posts in the services under the State within the reservation for the Scheduled Castes) Act,” and it came into force from April that year.
The legislation envisages a sub-quota of three per cent (in education and jobs) to Arunthathiyars within the 18 per cent set apart for the Scheduled Castes. Arunthathiyars include the castes of Arunthathiyar, Chakkiliyan, Madari, Madiga, Pagadai, Thoti and Adi Andhra in the list of SCs.
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